Isolated storms during the afternoon of Monday August 6th caused some minor wind damage over locations north and northeast of the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Lightning from one storm sparked a house fire in the town of Newark, TX in southern Wise County, destroying the home.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
Isolated storms during the afternoon of Monday August 6th caused some minor wind damage over locations north and northeast of the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Lightning from one storm sparked a house fire in the town of Newark, TX in southern Wise County, destroying the home.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 6, 11:21 AM CST, 2 hours 54 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1221 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2012 .AVIATION... CONCERNS THROUGH SUNSET WILL BE ISOLATED STORM DEVELOPMENT AND BACKING OF WINDS FROM WSW TO SELY BY 00Z TUESDAY. WEAK SHORTWAVE CONTINUES TO DROP SWD ACROSS E TX WITH A WEAKENING MORNING STORMS OCCURRING BETWEEN KSLR AND KPSN. ALL TERMINALS ARE JUST OUTSIDE OF THE HIGH CLOUD CANOPY WILL LIKELY SEE DIFFERENTIAL HEATING AND AGEOSTROPHIC LIFTING PROCESSES AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. THERE ARE INDICATIONS FROM THE RAP AND NORMAN WRF MODELS THAT ISOLATED STORMS WILL BECOME MORE EVIDENT BY MAX HEATING OR MID AFTERNOON. WITH A VERY MOIST AND TROPICAL AIRMASS IN PLACE...PRECIP LOADING COULD RESULT IN GUSTY DOWNBURSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 KTS POSSIBLE. ONLY DIFFERENCE IS WACO WILL LIKELY SEE THEIR BEST POTENTIAL LATER IN DAY...BETWEEN 21Z-01Z. OTHERWISE...VFR FORECAST CONTINUES WITH LIGHT SWLY FLOW BECOMING SELY BY SUNSET...THEN SWLY BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY. 05/ && .UPDATE... A WEAK BOUNDARY REMAINS ACROSS THE NORTHEASTERN ZONES AT MIDDAY. THE MAIN CHANGE TO THE FORECAST WAS TO ADD ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE WEST WHERE THE HIGH RESOLUTION RAPID REFRESH IS SHOWING SOME THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT LATER THIS AFTERNOON. HAVE ALSO ADJUSTED THE HOURLY TEMPERATURES IN THE NORTHEAST WHERE CLOUD COVER AND EARLIER PRECIPITATION HAVE SLOWED THE WARM UP. 58 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 413 AM CDT MON AUG 6 2012/ NORTH TO NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL REMAIN OVER NORTH TEXAS THROUGH THE WEEK AS UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS CENTERED NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS REGION. THIS PATTERN WILL RESULT IN SEASONALLY HOT TEMPERATURES AND SOME LOW RAIN/THUNDERSTORM CHANCES THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK. A WEAK COLD FRONT THAT HAD MOVED INTO NORTH TEXAS ON SUNDAY WAS LOCATED NEAR A SHERMAN TO SULPHUR SPRINGS LINE EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS FRONT IS PROGGED TO SLOWLY BACKDOOR THE EASTERN COUNTIES OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH TUESDAY. THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO ACT AS A FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THERE IS ALSO A SMALL CHANCE THAT SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD MOVE ACROSS THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS DURING THE OVERNIGHT/MORNING HOURS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...AS AFTERNOON CONVECTION ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS MOVES SOUTH/SOUTHEAST DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. FOR NOW WE WILL KEEP ALL POPS LOW WITH ONLY WEAK FORCING EXPECTED AND A VERY DRY SOLUTION FROM THE ECMWF. UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD BACK TO THE EAST BY THE WEEKEND WHICH SHOULD DECREASE RAIN CHANCES DUE TO INCREASED LARGE SCALE SUBSIDENCE. HIGH TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE WEEK WILL RANGE FROM THE MIDDLE 90S TO AROUND 101 WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS FROM THE MIDDLE 70S TO NEAR 80. THE ONLY LOCATIONS THAT WILL SEE AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES UP TO 106 WILL BE THE EASTERN ZONES DUE TO SLIGHTLY BETTER MOISTURE. THEREFORE...WILL KEEP THE HEAT ADVISORY THROUGH TUESDAY JUST FOR THE EXTREME EASTERN COUNTIES OF NORTH TEXAS. HOWEVER...OVERNIGHT LOWS MAY BE SLIGHTLY SHY OF REACHING CRITERIA IN SOME SPOTS. 79 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 102 80 101 79 101 / 20 20 10 20 20 WACO, TX 100 77 102 80 100 / 20 20 10 10 20 PARIS, TX 98 76 99 75 98 / 20 20 10 10 20 DENTON, TX 102 77 102 76 101 / 20 10 10 20 20 MCKINNEY, TX 99 76 99 76 99 / 20 20 10 20 20 DALLAS, TX 101 82 101 80 100 / 20 20 10 20 20 TERRELL, TX 100 76 100 76 98 / 20 20 20 20 20 CORSICANA, TX 100 76 100 76 99 / 20 20 20 10 20 TEMPLE, TX 101 76 100 76 99 / 20 10 10 20 20 MINERAL WELLS, TX 101 78 101 78 102 / 10 20 20 20 20 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR TXZ107-122-123-135- 146>148-160>162-174-175. && 05/58
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1252 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2012 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-071215- MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN- HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS- ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL- JOHNSON-ELLIS-HENDERSON-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-NAVARRO- FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS-LIMESTONE- LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON- 1252 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG AND EAST OF A SULPHUR SPRINGS...TO CORSICANA...TO CAMERON LINE. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN NORTHWEST OF A GAINESVILLE TO COMANCHE LINE OVERNIGHT. GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. A HEAT ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT THROUGH 8 PM TUESDAY EVENING FOR AREAS SOUTHEAST OF A SULPHUR SPRINGS...TO CORSICANA...TO CAMERON LINE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED BETWEEN 3 PM AND 8 PM.
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:16 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A power pole was reported down and shingles were reported blown off of a roof.
A 60 MPH wind gust was reported by a storm spotter in Prosper. Several trees approximately 4 inches in diameter were blown down.
A garage door was blown in and street signs twisted near the intersection of FM 1461 and FM 2478 in Prosper. In addition, large tree limbs were also snapped off trees.
A home in the Chisholm Springs subdivision in Newark, TX was struck by lightning. The bolt set the house on fire, destroying it. Three girls inside the home escaped without injury.
A downburst caused damage on the east side of Paris. Power lines and trees were knocked down, and roof and minor building damage was sustained to a few buildings; including the CVS pharmacy near Lamar Avenue and Highway 271. The metal-roofed garage next to a home on Smallwood Road was destroyed.
Paris PD reported downed power lines in the road and tree limbs blocking roads.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, August 2012
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 406419, 406420, 406407, 408907, 409780, 406421.